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The 15-year-old girl from Morgan Hill vanished while on her way to school on March 16, 2012. Her accused murderer has still not entered a plea.

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Updated: 6:37 PM PDT Oct 3, 2013

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WEBVTT MORGAN HILL MANACCUSED OF KIDNAPPINGAND KILLING SIERRALAMAR MORE THAN AYEAR AGO.AND ONCE AGAIN THEACCUSED KILLER FAILEDTO ENTER A PLEA ..WITH MORE ONTODAY'S COURT HEARINGAND THE SEARCH FORSIERRA WE GO TOACTION NEWS REPORTERFELIX CORTEZ LIVE INMORGAN HILL OUTSIDETHE "SIERRA SEARCHCENTER"###TORRES LIKELY NOTTO ENTER A PLEA UNTILHIS DEFENSE TEAM GETSALL THE EVIDENCE FROMPROSECUTORS.. ANDTHEY SAY THEYHAVEN'T..AND IN COURTTODAY.. THEY SAIDSIERRA LAMAR COULD BEA MISSING PERSON.. NOTA MURDER VICTIM..some legal wranglingthursday.. between thedefense and prosecutionin the antolin garciatorres murder case gaveus some insight into apossible defense.. Theaccused killer's defenseteam told a judge theyhaven't received all theevidence fromprosecutors.. And as faras they're concerned thiscould be a missingperson's case.. Not amurder investigation..23:57 this was the first timethatwe've seen the defense come outand start to give us a signal astowhere they're going in this caseat least priliminarly :04 anduntilsierra's body's found they'regoing to pursue this avenue ofdefense :09morgan hill teen, sierralamar disappeared lastyear on her way toschool..A few months laterprosecutors chargedtorres with herkidnapping and murder ..But despite roughly adozen courtappearances.. Torres hasyet to enter a plea..Finding sierra's bodycould be key in gettingthis case on a fast track..26:35 the defense is going tosaymy client wasn't near the bodyprosecution going to say nowwe've got the crime scene we canlook at are there injuriesassociated with the body :46volunteers who continueto search for sierra andshow up for her accusedkiller's court hearings..Frustrated at the snail'space of these courtproceedings but stillhopeful sierra lamar willbe found..Mos117:57 just the hope that we findher I have kids of my own andgrandkids and if it were any ofmy kids out there I wouldn'tstopuntil I find them :06Mos 218:47 and we're just all hopingand praying that this comes toanend and sierra comes home soon:53AND THAT'S WHERETHE "SIERRA SEARCHCENTER" COMES IN..EVERY SATURDAYROUGHLY TWO DOZENVOLUNTEERS FAN OUTTO SEARCH FOR THEYOUNG GIRL..AND THIS SATURDAYSHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WILLBE GIVING A SPECIALTRAINING SEMINAR ONADVANCED SEARCHTECHNIQUES BEGINNINGAT 8 IN THE MORNINNG..THE CENTER HASMOVED FROM BURNETTEELEMENTARY SCHOOLAND IS NOW LOCATEDHERE AT CENTRAL HIGHSCHOOL ON MONTEREYROAD DAN..##ANTOLIN GARCIATORRES IS DUE BACK INCOURT NOVEMBER 15th..THIS COULD BE ACAPITAL PUNISHMENTCASE.. BUTPROSECUTORS SAY NODECISION HAS BEEN MADEAS TO WHETHER OR NOTTHEY'LL PURSUE THEDEATH PENALTY IFTORRES IS CONVICTED###

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Sierra LaMar: Murder victim or missing person?

The 15-year-old girl from Morgan Hill vanished while on her way to school on March 16, 2012. Her accused murderer has still not entered a plea.